About

Taking Action on Overuse is an evolving framework for health care organizations to engage their care teams in reducing low-value, unnecessary care and make those efforts last. It identifies evidence-based strategies for obtaining buy-in, motivating behavior changes, and providing the necessary support and infrastructure for health care providers to engage and lead their peers in making the changes that improve the value of health care.

Stories & Updates

Follow what we learn about implementing the Taking Action on Overuse Framework. Check in for updates on our research and resources we’re finding useful.

The ultimate goal of the Taking Action on Overuse framework is to help your organization build a culture where care teams take ownership for reducing low value care. But what does this look like? Our research of medical overuse reduction efforts across the country revealed common indicators of success that

Reducing medical overuse is a long-term proposition. It requires us to challenge our long-held beliefs and practices regarding tests, medications and treatments, and discuss their potential for harm. It involves examining trusted, reliable data about overused services and making sense of the story they tell. And it necessitates new approaches to what were once